bp71k5
3/4 ton status
Anyone got any good options for this? It’s a 2000 suburban LT. Don’t want to use Bluetooth or a tape adaptor.
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Adding aux input jack to stereo
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Need more info..factory stereo,or an aftermarket ?..
bp71k5
3/4 ton status
Factory cd stereo with remote tape deck. I ordered an fm modulator device to try. Supposed to work better than fm transmitter style devices but I’d still like to have a direct line input.
Your pretty limited on a factory radio,I think--other than using one of those fake cassette tape adapters,or the FM transmitter or modulator,probably the only other way to add another input would be to open up the radio and add inputs to the right part of the printed circuit board..(out of my league!)..
I was going to say if it was aftermarket and had RCA input & output jacks you might have been able to "T" into the input side there..most aftermarket radios now come with an "AUX/ Line In " input jack built in to the front of it..even cheap ones..
I was going to say if it was aftermarket and had RCA input & output jacks you might have been able to "T" into the input side there..most aftermarket radios now come with an "AUX/ Line In " input jack built in to the front of it..even cheap ones..
There used to be a place online you could send the radio too and they would install one and send it back.
I had this same problem with my work truck, 2000 Tundra. I tried an FM modulator that used Bluetooth connection to the phone. It worked okay but I ended up buying a new stereo receiver. It's just a "media" unit that doesn't have CD player, just radio, bluetooth, and aux input.
bp71k5
3/4 ton status
Curious how the modulator part worked. The one I ordered has a 3.5mm headphone jack as the input. Bluetooth quality just doesn’t seem to be good and I can never figure out how to pair them easily and the fm transmitter is always full of static and I have to switch stations constantly.
I think the modulator worked okay. We probably don't have near the crowded airwaves you might tho. There was one thing about it that I didn't like but I can't remember what it was. It was more of just a personal preference thing I think, not the performance of the device.
Look around on google. There is a way to wire a head phone jack into the tape player wiring. I did it on my 02 duramax. Then you just put a tape in the player but the sound from your phone over rides it
I looked to do something similar in my 04 Silverado. I found iSimple makes good adapters that hook inline with the antenna. I did a Bluetooth receiver and it plays crystal clear but they have 3.5mm adapter jack units too. Give them a look, may be just what you need.
bp71k5
3/4 ton status
I got an iSimple one I think. Will see how it works.
If you have factory tape deck, I think those ran analog audio, so all you have to do is wire in a switched 1/8" headphone jack, once you identify the correct wires. You may need to insert a tape to make the unit switch over, but you'll still get direct line-in sound from it. I once set one up with a switch so when you switched to line-in it also cut the power to the tape deck (just to save wear on the tape deck and not have to hear it spinning). The tape deck has to send a message over the E&C bus to the head unit to switch over, but once it's playing from tape it doesn't notice the deck is gone (until the next time you start the car).
Later ones with XM radio are even easier. Just splice into the audio wires between the satellite receiver and the head unit, using a switched audio jack (or something like RCAs and a toggle switch). Then select XM on the head unit and it runs. That's how my 2005 is currently set up and it's easy to insert a cheap bluetooth adapter there as well. My 2003 has an iSimple that provides the line-in, but it gets used more for bluetooth streaming and playing from the USB input. It also has a mic for hand-free. That one should apply to 2003-2006. I don't know what they have for a 2000.
If you have the rear DVD player, it's also easy to splice into those audio lines, but to use it requires the rear DVD player to be powered on. Otherwise you can't select "RSE" on the head unit.
Later ones with XM radio are even easier. Just splice into the audio wires between the satellite receiver and the head unit, using a switched audio jack (or something like RCAs and a toggle switch). Then select XM on the head unit and it runs. That's how my 2005 is currently set up and it's easy to insert a cheap bluetooth adapter there as well. My 2003 has an iSimple that provides the line-in, but it gets used more for bluetooth streaming and playing from the USB input. It also has a mic for hand-free. That one should apply to 2003-2006. I don't know what they have for a 2000.
If you have the rear DVD player, it's also easy to splice into those audio lines, but to use it requires the rear DVD player to be powered on. Otherwise you can't select "RSE" on the head unit.
